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Coals, Tongs and Human Mediation

Posted on February 13, 2014March 19, 2021 by ptsblog

  In the lectionary, we have just finished contemplating Jesus’ presentation in the Temple—or, as we call it in Orthodoxy, “the Meeting” of the Lord. That is a particular gift to me, since my decision to enter the Orthodox church came partly as a result of this feast. (But God works in mysterious ways!) Five years…

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God Is With Us

Posted on December 27, 2013March 22, 2021 by ptsblog

  Praise the Lord!            How good it is to sing praises to our God;            for God is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.  Psalm 147:1 Singing! Christmas nights were filled with singing when I was growing up.  Several generations of my family would gather in my grandmother’s kitchen or living room and sing. As…

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Benediction for the Waiting Ones

Posted on December 18, 2013March 22, 2021 by ptsblog

An Advent litany from the Northumbria Community’s Celtic Daily Prayer reads, God of the watching ones, give us Your benediction. God of the waiting ones, give us Your good word for our souls. God of the watching ones, the waiting ones, the slow and suffering ones, give us Your benediction, Your good word for our…

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